The rush he gets when he’s kicking dirt on a motocross bike, shredding moguls on a snowmobile, or catching air on a snowboard is thrilling. But that’s not why he competes. What he really seeks from extreme sports is self-improvement.
Despite multiple surgeries, doctors had to amputate his leg above the injury. When he began using a prosthetic leg soon thereafter, its limitations were obvious. He wanted to compete again.
But existing prosthetics didn’t support the squatting positions his favorite action sports demand. So, he decided to make his own prosthetic. His first product—a prosthetic knee called the Moto Knee—uses a high-pressure mountain bike shock absorber to mimic quadricep muscles by stabilizing an athlete’s stance and absorbing heavy impacts.
It provides the range of motion athletes need to stand up and sit down on a bike or snowmobile. His next product, a foot-ankle contraption called the Versa Foot, provides the same shock absorption for sports that demand toe pressure and ankle tension, like snowboarding. Using his own creations, Schultz has won four Paralympic and seven World Championship medals, not to mention 10 X Games gold medals across three different sports.
Meanwhile, over 90% of lower‑limb athletes competing in Para snowboarding competitions use BioDapt’s products, and more than two dozen used them to compete this year at the Paralympic Winter Games in Italy.Schultz says his proudest moments are when athletes try his prosthetics for the first time. Paralympic snowboard team this year to focus on his business. In partnership with technology company Autodesk, he’s currently working on new equipment to help athletes train for the 2028 Summer Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.
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